Farm Subsidy information
The United States
The United States Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2017
Total Subsidies, the United States, 2017
Top programs in the United States, 2017:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2017 |
Subsidy Total 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) Program | 553,261 | $3,807,185,086 |
| 2 | Price Loss Coverage Program (PLC) | 275,334 | $3,223,364,984 |
| 3 | Conservation Reserve Program | 378,453 | $1,965,737,758 |
| 4 | Livestock Forage Disaster Program | 73,572 | $406,511,139 |
| 5 | Non-insured Disaster Assistance | 11,472 | $155,773,424 |
| 6 | Loan Deficiency | 47,856 | $129,763,172 |
| 7 | Emergency Conservation Program | 6,155 | $72,041,757 |
| 8 | Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) | 3,041 | $23,923,897 |
| 9 | Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP) | 2,456 | $17,265,209 |
| 10 | Grasslands Reserve Program | 2,086 | $11,010,368 |
| 11 | Tree Assistance Program | 500 | $7,601,520 |
| 12 | Dairy Programs | 272 | $7,200,747 |
| 13 | Miscellaneous Disaster Programs | 1,115 | $3,501,873 |
| 14 | Direct Payment Program | 1,383 | $3,294,285 |
| 15 | CCC Organic Programs | 1,979 | $1,535,724 |
| 16 | Biomass Crop Assistance Program | 130 | $1,468,968 |
| 17 | Market Gains | 226 | $1,371,575 |
| 18 | Cotton Transistion Assistance Program | 428 | $960,964 |
| 19 | LDP-like Grazing Payments | 575 | $852,118 |
| 20 | Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE) | 196 | $308,893 |
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